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7l(il!0 SUPERSTITION.
FETICHISM SOFTENED BY
CONTACT
WITH CIVILIZATION.
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njiir Nlsr" Sign Portending
k Various Ludicrous Notions.
contact of the African with a mighty
onn modified and softened las fetica-
IK tolay his superstition it of a differ
br. lie ' flrm believer in a personal
V? '.i ,svnts him with all time honored
j aiti
(properties bonis, tail, cloven foot and
!'t nitehfork. For protection against
.ifui one the negro wore the. greatest
. . nr. i v ' . in
k,r of cuarms. luniuuuu nib uuuiian
Lrrhes. every negro nailed to his cabin
t horseshoe. This charm, however, had
-r unless it had been accidental! v
J7 The "whito folks at de big house"
' ' . n-'-nt. il with one of these wit.h
ond if they failed to use it, the giver,
d, and surreptitiously, nailed it some-
IJyjjou "marster's" premises.
Oyuero nurses ivut.ii hnh miy mm
I Mni;Ies which after a night's sleep arc
ma in the hair are knobi t.ii'ilhv
rvervbodv ill thti Knnthirn
I.'lilllOit, mm uMC lieni'I
ffjuiies ride horses and mules in tht
2 of night, exhausting their strength.
7o ward off the approach of any of the
jisterhood silver dimes and five cent
Zlgi with a hole in them, strung on a cord
Jjupeniled from the neck, are unrivaled.
Sjj aiil e"lls of bones strung together, and
JlJjJ by a Voudoo priestess, constitute a
6nrri, which is a marvelous foil against the
bjOnc. In southern Louisiana there are
kfle numbers of negroes who believe that
II Oilier nefciuva ii. i ' .'. i i V.1MJ
f 1,1.,, B 1,1 . I ... I ,.
-at of his diabolic powers. Theso ar
foowii as "cunjur niggers," who can "hou--y
you. To incur tbo ill will of one ol
ion in " grievous misfortune.
Ai every negro, even the most debased, Is
of salvation, and speaks with confidence
biip4cein heaven, where bo will "set at
I miio table oz de whito folks," it is not
(Bilge (bat ho revels in signs portending
Attn. Hi heaven, like the Mussulman's, is
Cof sensual delights, and corpses and f mi
nis are to him a gveul joy. i o pin a oiuck
niato a cuuus urcss, 10 iry on uny ones
Curnini; garments, to open an umbrella in
fctouse, to break a looking glass, to carry
iipade through tho house, aro all signs of
dath. To drive a nail utter uarK, except in
aikiiiK a coflln, will bring death; aud any
nin so unfortunate ns to bury three wives
till bury six. A spider seeu in tho morning
brings good luck; nt noon, disappointment;
md in tho evening, had luck.
If accidentally a garment ho put on wrong
ndo out, and if it be worn that way until
:xn. and then turned, tho wearer will havo
pod luck. To given knife or wissorsto a
tend ii to sever friendship, except, indeed, a
Irat l'in be given in return, which uvcrts tho
Eluding rupture, Tho Roman Catholic
fjroesof southern Louisiana will not cut a
Saaiia crosswise, because wrougn its center
mas a dark streak, which if cut transversely
jresents the appearand of u cross. To avoid
tosacrilcgo the bruit must bo broken.
They accept tho Bible literally, and as tbey
active it in most grotesque form from their
"preachciV it is little wonder that their con
ception of things spiritual is distorted. With
ta pang of conscience they will eat the
AieUens f rem a neighlior's hen roost, the pigs
fan his pen, the melons from his "patch,"
to cannot be induced to commit tho impar
tiable sili of eating a dove.
'1 a black oat enters your house you will
mivc money; an itching palm denotes the
ace thing, while an itching solo signifies
to you will travel. Should your right ear
tor i, then some one is talking in your favor:
but if it lie the left, tho tongue is evilly en
treating you, uml you must immediately
vub that its owner may bito it Should you
waved in spitting in your right car, you
ilenco your enemy. If a knife, fork or
risers in falling :.cks up in tho floor, pre
pare for visitors, also if a black cock crows
three tunes in succession at the back door.
Tie possession of a frizzly hell means good
luck to the owner, while two frizzly hens de
note a measure of prosperity which rouses
J jealousy of "olt Satan."
There is a ludicrous belief that to step over
theouistretched legs of any one will stop his
further growth. But the evil spell will work
haciwaid, for by stepping back over tho
op they resumo their suspended work of do
Ntapment No work in garden or field can be done with
out regard to lunarphascs. An old auutio in
BJ family would never make soap except in
tho full of the moon, and then the soap must
bestirred only ono way. ller soap stick, of
We virtues and great age, was believed to
haw certain occult powers, which made it
Popular among tho soap making sisters.
Ask a negro man why he wears a brass
fins in one ear, and he tells you it will euro
eves. Chills and fever are cured by
wallowing cobwob pills, aud the pain from
y insect bito is instantly removed by rub
bing tbo puncture with three kinds of grass.
ht folly to endure warts when by rubbing
them with a piece of stolen fat bacon, and
men burying it secretly, the warts will dis
'Par in a few days. So, too, why weary
tun flesh with looking for a lost article when
Jon need only to throw something oway to
tod the thing mislaid? Your mind, however,
Oast bo Used upon the thing lost to succeed,
"that here oue of the elements of tho faith
"We seems to como in. Any lady who throws
y tho combings after dressing her hair
ill suffer with headache, for tho birds weave
to hair into their nests,
j young generation of negroes, who arc
u skimming over the contents of a multi
kof text books with high sounding names,
"in bond to the same superstitions which
ham their fathers. Not all of the mental
Moral philosophy set down in the liooks
ith which they oro burdened can break the
OH cast by tho witch and the "cunjur
." while the study of the higher mat he
ttics has not yet developed tbat reasoning
JUT which exorcises the incarnate devil
ith all his gallimaufry of evil spirits intc
"limbo of unbelief. Harper's Bazar.
Satan's Lesol Klclitn.
A L.mlr.n rwM-icru-,t,jl..nt uritiw fl-OTll Fin-
OtKlthat nmmrti- holiler in One Of tbo
erior towns of tho province left a will be
ithing ail hit possessions to the devil,
'"dead man's family protested that tbe
tll ai Vnifl l,f tl,n t'innich InWViTS Welt
I Jotaeiined to interfere with the rights of so
"mnidab e a personage as the new legatee,
tto correspondent adds, the devil has
Je, by legal right at least, a Finnish
Oulowncr .New Vnrk Tribune.
there u such a thing as a price that ii
" eneap. It u best to pay a good price oau
" lhe cood dnvi that crn with it. Kx
ine the stitching to find places where tht
"d las brriL-pn thmiifh tha leather.
ch the seams, and if tho thread pu
TJ. Icaviug a white spot, don't gt t:.i
a Toe leather should stretch easily l
good lit and to wear well.
STORIES ABOUT
Something o. . V., but Not for I'ort
Cents.
A number of member from tho houw of
rpresent,tivei have stolen away ut varum,
time, and for.hort periods from tboircou
KWoitonal duties. Most of them havo fu.
Joyed themselves, but nouo to a greater ex
tent than did Wade, of Uieaiuri; Liud. of
Uiunesotta, and Sawyer, of .New York Thev
invaded theitatoof Maryland and studied
the unsophisticated natives until they got
tired. Tho last plaeo at which thev mad
any stay was Leonardtown. From" there
they intended coming to tbo capital hv boat,
but that nemi-oci-osional craft having '
parted, they were compelled to travel bv t in.
The train was started with a nlnaMm mmA
proceeded at a very deliberate gait. Oeca-
.onauy the conductor would get off aud
gather few peaches, with which he would
treat tho passenger. After tho train had
been crawling along for an hour and hud
covered at least six iuilc, tho conductor col
lected tbo fares, which, for the cougrcssional
cro d, amounted to 96 cents each. When he
reached Col. Wade, tbat genial "bald kuob
ber" remarked, in bis Ujaoooflt "ay:
"Do you charge preachers full faro ou this
roadl"
"."o. sir," was tho conductor's reply. "We
only charge them half rates. Aro you i
preacher I" he added, looking squarely at the
colonel's Methodist coiintetunoo.
"No. 1 am not," said tho Missourhn, "but
tbat gentleman is," jioiuting to Judge Saw
yer, who sat a couple of teat in front of him.
The conductor at Dam returned to thn
judge, and, after a searching glance at the
sun (MMa countenance or tbo .New York
statesmen, proffored him 40 cents, with tho
remark: "Wo only collect half rates from
preachers."
"Who in blank said I wns a preacher?"
asked tbo judge, with considerable show of
anger.
The conductor threw his thumb back over
his shoulder in tho direction of Col. Wade,
and looked as though lie thought all tho tiiuo
tbat the colonel wao gnrblmg the facts in tho
cose.
In the meantime the three dimes, tho nickel
and five pennies reposed calmly in tho judge's
fat palm. Ho regarded them in silence for a
moment, mid then bunded them back to the
official, saying: "1 am u t;ood deal of a liar,
but I will not lio for 40 cents."
Then ho relapsed into absoluto silence and
would not look at Col. Wado until Washing
ton was reached. Washington Post
Tho Bill Was Tossed.
An ex-member of tho Virginia state senate
told mo the other day of an incident in his
logislutivo career which 1 do not remember
ever having scon in print before. A. L. I'ride
more, not many years ao a inemlier of the
house of representatives from tho Ninth Vir
ginia district, was before ho enmo to Wash
Ington a member of the Virginia senate. One
day he Introduced a bill for tho relief of the
sureties of II. 0. Wax, who was a collector
of taxes in Scott county. He mnde a brief
explanation of the bill, and when ho sat
down Edgar Allen, familiarly known as
"Yaukoo Allen," who represented the Farw
villo district, rose and said:
"I wish to az
If Mr. Wax
Has boon too lax
In collecting the taxf
If such aro tho fucia
I am willing to relax
And remit the tax
Which tho law enacts
Wo should exact
Of his sureties."
It is needless to add, my informant says,
that tho bill passed by a unanimous vote.
New York Tribune,
(.io.il. hi Uad the Bait of It.
Nat Goodwill is pretty slick and can got
out of a scrnK as clean as any man living.
A gcntlemau in Now York, writing to a
friend hero, inado some comparative allusio
to Chicago and tho eastern metropolis. 1
concluding ho wvoto: "Hut I know you:
feeling toward Gotham," and then added.
'Hero is a little story on Nat Goodwin that
is not malapropos: Ono day Nat Goodwin
met young Mr. Henderson, a friend of miue,
'Hello, Nat,' called out Henderson; 'where
havo you been so lougf 'Oh, Dp in Boston,
Montreal and Philadelphia,' returned Good
win; 'and, Billy,' he continued, 'I am glod to
get back to New York. All other places in
tho country are just camping out onos.'"
Goodwin has been playing here, and tho Chi
cago man, meeting him one day last week,
showed him tho letter and asked him if he
thought it was kind to speak that way after
all tbe trrand MHVtiOM ho lmd bad here.
Nut looked at tho letter, railed, and said
without hesitation: "Why, my dear fellow,
you don't think I would bo guilty of men
tioning Chicago in connection with those
places, do yo:il Pshaw! They can't trot in
the snuio class with this city." Chicago
Heruld.
Acconntod For.
Col "Dick" Wlntorralth, of Kentucky, is
probably tho best story teller in Washington
today. If he doesn't ulwuys conllno himself
taUtto flin truth iioUmIv Will lind fault
Dtl U.i; w - " -" .. j
with him, for he tells his little auecdotes with
such a sorious mien as to carry conviction to
tho minds of thoso of his listcucrs who do not
know him so well as some of his friends da
He wns shaking tbo other day at Cbambor
n.i.Af tin, anv iii which adverse luck will
sometimes pursue a nun. and ressarked that
he ouco played nt the White Sulphur Springs
and nover held a truum Some o:io in the
corapauv suggested that that was impossible,
because ho must havo held nt least ore trump
every time bo dealt tho cards.
"But," replied tho colonel, bringing bis
fist down ou tho table in front of bin, ' overy
time I dealt it was a misdeal." New Y'ork
Tribune
Tho Sou of Ills Father.
Here is a storv about tho son of the late
bishop of Illinois. Mr. WhUehotise had
some business la New York with u lurgo law
firm, wherein a sou of Ilufus Cboate a a
partner It was Mr. Choate to whom hite
bouse addressed himself. "All right, sit
down," said the Now York lawyer; "i ll see
you in a moment or two."
"But," said tho visitor, "I am .r. W bite
bouse, of Chicuga"
"All right, all right," said the lawyer,
Kribbling away like mad; ''take a chair; I
am busy just now."
"But," ngaiu said Mr. Wbitehouse, "I am
tbe toa'of Bishop Wbitchouse."
"Oh' well take two chain then, laid
Choate', without looking up. - Chicago
Herald. .
Dad to lie Venus.
"You are looking lovely to-night, ny
or." said Gracia
"I must be," she replied, "because whito
coming borne in a car this afternoon a I bihv
delptua gentleman gave me his scat. -New
York Evening Sua
Inducement.
Raid a persuasive Egyptian guide to a
traveler who refused to climb tbe pyramids:
Sv up ono side, down t'otber. twenty
m2m no bone broke, and you very happy.
Zy two sh-liiaV -Voutb-. Companion.
LAZY GIRL'S WISH.
Ynu ask. If T roulU be
That which ! woulrt pe.
IVhst. from all nature's suterhood.
Would 1 chaojre place with
Would I circle Id iptM with
rho itars, at a star! or, Irom yonder wood,
I'our my soul aln rtng
As upward wircon?,
I OMOjtf the blue, at home for a bird?
No. a hlrd U too husy.
And a star mluM set dluy,
"o, I'd be neither-now. don't say a word!
I'ray. do you auvpone that
Loveh r-d nwe that
N'odn and ticeUona nn I beams on me
rot g t weary'
Thai ever a tear he
Sh.-d but for joy that she can he'
And that (treat d;llT,
So white and katf,
That stand- w.th her sister there iu the ion
link Hhe a eare. a
llunlen to boar, a
Trouble in life O no : not one.
I've rot4 the story
o toe Klnc tn bit tor
Vho was not arrayed like one ot these;"
TwaS SolOflMMI lillb.e
Couldn't e.jual a lllv
red field lily thai flaunts in the breeie.
Bo, If 1 eould chiviv? me,
W th ftOM la rcfue me.
Fee lot I'd llRO boil of nil on the earth.
TwetU le that of the (towers
Who Oil tl.rouxh the houra
dave oothlng t.i do from the hoar of their birth.
There ar' no traces
On lh lr fair laces
f itflhnOM, lorrow, a Kf'ef or tin;
Their only duty
On oitrth It besttty !
They toll not, neither do they spin."
- mit Aeat:
HEAT AND VENTILATION.
ManBle Way of Krenlnc the Air
Sini(ile Way of Kreiilng the
lr
Ii i Moltt in Winter.
People who tiso their bruins hrthit
uully, tonflhen, Wrltoft, artist-, mutt
k tap warn ns the wring of their
.ibilitic. They mutt have lires early,
tod um (oot-w&ra 'fs duv uml night,
and dresi 1 i U Esqulm&ux if nwwinrT.
aroongeation of the brain lungi is
the p malty, Tho InlUnvnittlMi of the j
lutiirM orhloh oarrieil off(leirirt Eliot I
tiid Mrs. Browiiinp; was descended from
the chilliness and poor circulation
which these bninwcrken had borne
'or years. Caro must be taken, with
ill this hinting, to have a current of
ivarm. Freeh air circulating in the
ro itnt, and to have it healthily molct
Juoh precaution! u'ive a noft aud lovely
mnplejdon, equal to the hunom New
port bloom. The b"-it way to secure
his eo'.istaat ventilation without draft
is by having the top of the window
lilted with a perforated board, pierced
bv many oonioa borings, only a quar
ter as wide at tho center as nt each
lurfaoe Ol the hole. This give a tine,
forcible plny of minute currents
through the room Instead ol a danger
km large draught it is n woman'i in-
rention, uml a very clover one for keep
ing rooms perfectly healthy and fresh,
it is a little remarkable that a plain
An: 'rieau woman sln ild have worked
out a plan of oheap.offiolenl ventilation
n the name prineiples as the Frem-h
invention which drew the applause of
iolrat!So men years later. To keep
the air moist, the simplest way is to
keep a pan of water In the heat regis
ter, with a large sponge in it, or a wet
towel hung with ends in the water,
giving Off moisture to the air which
llmvs over it. Pans of water alone do
rory little good, thouch bettor than
nothing, Themolsture mustbe directly
In tho path of the air to be absorbed by
it. The water pans for stoves should
be large enough to cover the whole top,
and to be kepi clean, and full of fresh
water. Suoh water pans purify the air,
as well as keep it moist, as they absorb
Impurity. A little niter, iodine and
suit in the water is very strenghtonlng
to breathe, having a mild effect of sea.
nlr.Shioley Dan, in Philadelphia
IT DIDN'T WORK.
confldonot Man siriues Kotwnnni
Who llutl "ltemi There. Before"
He walked hurriedly into a Maiden
Lane jeweler's store, and said :
"Will you let DM use your telephone?''
"Certainly."
"Hello. Central: Say. give mo 007
B, Brooklyn Hello! u that you, dear?
Well, say, I forgot my gold watch this
morning; left it under the pillow. I've
(jot to hike a train riffht away, and
haven't time to po home, so I wish
rou'd brinjr it over and leave it here
for me. I'll borrow a silver watch in
the meantime. That's all, Central."
"Thank you," he said, turning Id
the clerk. "I suppose you heard what
I said to my wife. Now, if you can let
me have a silver watch until I get back
I will consider it a jfreat favor. My
wife will have ray gold ono as se
curity." The clerk simply pointed to the door.
"Do vou mean get out?"
"Yep."
Too old?"
Yep."
"Been there before?'
Yep."
"Well, (jno.i day." -JcweUri Weekly.
Parrots as Parlor Pets.
Parrots were more common drawing
room pets a century ago than they are
now. No fashionable belle's boudoir
was complete without one. Belinda
h id :i preoentiment of her coming mis
fortunes when "Poll sa,t mute, and
Shock was most unkind." The beauty
of the bird's plumaare and Hh amusing
tricks may account for this partiality;
but it has certainly been valued as a
,! TOSttV favorite for many centuries.
It is said that parrots wore brst ttV
I,., . ,i lit i K irope in tho time of
Alexander the Great, though only one
variety, the gre -n parak-t with a red
n ck (brought from India) was known
to the ancients until the time of Nero,
when the Romans discovered other
species in Ethiopia, lhe discovery ol
America cnricneo parrot inueicrn u
the addition of many beautiful Brazil-H-
varieties of the spoclet of their lift
Olrlt Written Tn.
A public school teacher of Milwaukee has
In her not honk tho following composition
on "Girls," written by a boy; "Qtrle are very
tuck up and dinlM in liiclr manner and
tehaveyoumr They make fun of boys, aud
then turn round and love them. 1 don't bo
lave tbey ever killed a cat or anything. They
lookout overy alto and say: 'Ob, ain't the
tuonn lovely!' Tbirisone thing I have not
told, ami that it they nlwayt now their les
ions bettern boys" Chicago Herald.
Filial.
Wealthy but EooOOmloo Father-Do you
know, my sou, what ttriot economy would
dofi -r yon I
Robert 1 know what it bus done for me,
father, aud I NSDsotyou for it Life.
Senator JomV Clrent l.uek.
The ttnttTT (Jems of Nevada) ha nlway
bivn ready to tnkegivat chances. Ilo bo
beves SlaOSrsly in the outside help that cornel
from no one knows where to inapt ciroaflt1
Ihmess around tho path of a lucky man so
that suivosn is Otrtain A mi illuitratiou of
tho poOUUer luck hich be lias had at all times
during; bi life when ho hot OUOS given bu
mmd to hnatlngfOra tpseiik) nsnlt tho sena
tor related a Story of Ins early lile when he
was u sheriff of a oortsla county in Califor
nia Bessidi
"Wo set out one day to go up n TSSl can
yon which was near my lieadtpiarler. There
was no road to it; it una i must f AtitfUiiiR
ronto for any one to trnvai overt it was as
dilllcuit, owiuj to the necessary climbing up
and down, to travel nix miles in thn canyon
Ol It wculd have Uvn twenty-live UHia
tho ocn blabway, 1 bud one of my deputies
With ma We were out seeking for certain
ViOlSSMI of the law. About midday wo had
traveiisHl half the distance necessary to go
and we stop; i for a rsst I pulled out
my nMSrsehnttnl pips, for 1 wa very fond
of imokiug even then. 1 loaded up with
tobactv, when to my consternation I ; mil
that I hud no mutches and no mate
red tor making a light. My com)aiiiou was
not a smoker, mid of course bo had uo
matches. 1 was almost dying for asmoke.
1 baled to gio it up, mid in my wondering
WhSl I should do, I turned around uml 1 saw
u mutch lying on tho ground in tho sand
near a little stream that came down through
the canyon The sight of that mutch actu
ally frightened mo. 1 looked all mound to
ne if there was uiiyoucin sight. 1 looked
Hp to too if there w a i anything passing over
that way, and then I walked up and picked
up the mutch. 1 said to myself : 'Of course
it wont light; it's been lying on this wet
sand.' iiul it did light, and 1 hud my smoke.
I never knew anything to bent that piece of
luck, but I've had in many close culls in my
life inch similar evidence of goisl furtune
that 1 can but believe to a certain extent ill
good and lad luck.' New York World.
loel anil tho Steer.
The people of Bast Killmgly, in tho ml
y imng county, thin . that u pretty funny
thing Oocurrad in that iioiglUiorbissI UCI
long ago. Mr. Jih'I Thomas, who is the lured
man of an ICast Kiliiugly farm, bus a repute
Hon for mixing himself into every dilemma
that (an Bad no other uutortuiiatu ; i :i to
fix ! with.
One morning a few weeks ago Joel went to
tho liarn to yoke a Kiir of very lurgo un
tamed steers. The yoke was largo and cum
brous and the bows WOTS big, but lie got tho
wooden loop over one stocr'.i head uud pinned
h:m. Willi the next steer ho bad u wrestle,
slipping ubout in the trenclierous yard in his
effort to hold tbo animal by ono born and
carry tbe heavy yoko end with his five arm.
Kiually, by an inexplicable mischam-o, either
the yoked steer twistod tho other bow over
Joel's bead and Mow his nrm, or else Joel
fell into it, he doesn't know which. A mo
ment later n neighbor approaching tbo bouse
beheld the unhappy hired man yoked up with
the frantic steer, his wild rod fnco protruding
through the big ox lxw, skipping anil piling,
lug at terrilic tocd down tho road toward
bun. Joel espied tbo neighbor, uml at every
jump lie roared in sputtering tones:
"Head us olT, It! bead us off."
The neighbor snoossdsdifl doing It, turn
ing the tram by dint of very active work
Into an angle of a stone wall. Then be ner
vously bopiH'd around to the steer's beud,
meaning to release the animal before Joel
nasqiiito killed. It was at tbissint that
the hired man manifested the striking origin
ality of his mind SWd bis disgust at the neigh
bor's luck of gumption at the same time. He
yelled:
"Here, you! what are yo up tot Never
mind the steer; 00090 round hero and unyoke
mrl" Norwich (Conn.) bpecial to New York
Bun.
A lilt of llntmatlc Criticism.
The varying sesotions springing from a
unow white gown of brocade given with a
fares and OOirsr that were cut low and worn
OVOrO tucker of llaoold lace.eviiicingskillful
exprcsioti of tutslued iossion and hanging
sleeves of brocade puffed up so us not to con
ceal tho apparent faults of elocution and
tntiquo girdle of turquou and brilliant
medallions join d by a rare refinement of
tnss-!i and motion which convey a gown of
dead leaf brown elotb, slit up the sides and
o-ii in front over an earnestness abich is
oeier siibonlinate to the rolw of black satin,
which Is a mass of jet oniarm nts from throat
to hem, displaying a much higher order of
dramatic ability than sbo evinced but season.
- Norris'.own Heralu.
MnVSa Man.
Cultural Darne-Ju.-t like a maul You
grab tbe pa;icr as soo . as it arrives, keep it
all to OniSSlf. and then blame me for not be
lug lafuf msd on matter of public interest.
Uusbuud Well, SSf dear, I'll real th pa
per aloud, if you wish. Let me see "Another
Ocean Horror."
"Oh, don't rend that."
" 'Tbo Progress of the Campaign.'"
"I dont are for politics."
" 'lames of tbo Hour.' "
"Never mind that."
" 'Sciein-o Solves a Problem.'"
"I hate sciencp."
"'Mrs. Tiptop's Party-Description of tbo
Dresses.'"
"Oh, read that "-Philadelphia Record.
Another Way.
Walter Besant says tbat one should writ
poetry in order to acquire command of lau-gua;-'-
KdiUr achieve tbe sume rwuit by
reading it. Time.
T YPC-SETTING MACHINE.
the ng talent Intention if n Well-Known
A merle u steuoKmplirr.
Jamei' K. Munson, a stenographer,
gave an exhibition not long ago of an
automatic type-setting machine. Mr.
Miinson's apparatus is n complete
novelty, inasmuch as it runs the ty
into the galleys fully justified and
corrected, some thing never before
WOOmplished hj a typesetting ma
ihinn, Thn primary principles of Mr.
Miinson's Invention are spited and the
possibility of justifying and correcting
the tyH' before it goes into tin-galleys.
In order to accomplish the justifying
Hid correcting Mr. Munson has hm
feoted a key-lioard. which, mnde like
that of an ordinary type-writer,
perforates a strip of paper ol about the
width used in tho Wheatstone tele
graph system. The icrfomtions con
sists of various combinations of letters
based upon an alphabetical principle
Invented by Mr. Munson. Although
only 170 combinations ore needed,
1,019 can ha made upon the key-board
if necessary. When the paper leaves
the perforating machine the letters
lire so far apart that a strip l.:i inches
long represents one line in a column of
printed matter. The operator of tho
machine goes over this strip with a
fine rule uml sees that the divisions of
words ami spaces come to the end of
the Hue correctly. If they do not he
has a perforating hand tool with which
he "spaces out" the characters so that
they justify on the paper strip.
when he hns finished justifying the
strip it is run through another machine
at a high rate of speed and the perfo
rated characters aro brought so close
together that four inches of paper
represent one line in a printed column.
Thtoatrip is then put Into the type
setting machine proper. This is an
electric motor, with a sharp-pointed
armature connected with magnets rep-
i 'lit Lug Iho characters on the paper.
As the armature passes through the
perforations in the paper connection Is
made with rods over the magnets,
which in their consequent action drop
a typo into a groove upon a rapidly
revolving platform, by which It is
carried instantly to pick-ups, which in
turn put It upon a supporting rail. It
Is then carried automatically to fho
galley and (lumped fully justilled and
corrected. In tho jxhlbltion Mr.
Munson used the Thome typesetter
and distributer In connection with bis
automatic apparatus, which can be ap
plied, he says, to any type-sotting
machine now in use. It Is enpable of
setting from H.OOO to 18,000 cms per
hour. The machine is not yet perfect,
but Mr. Munson believes it soon will
bo in practical operation.
An important feature In connection
with the invention Ih that verbatim re
ports can bo made upon any number of
perforated slips at a time, and a slip
supplied to each newspaper having
one of tho riachlues. Furthermore,
the slips can be run through nu auto
matic telegraph machine in Washing
ton and fac-simlles forwarded to any
point in tho country directly to the
newspapers, thus saving delay in
handling matter by the ordinary Morse
telegraph anil In composition. Mr.
Munson hopes to be able to use com
pressed air as a motive power and to
have the machine on flic market with
in a short time. N. Y. Time.
A CHEAP INCUBATOR"
One Whose tteneml lleserlptlon Indicated
Hint It U u Qttl Thing.
I notice thi request for a cheap in
cubator. The following I have used
successfully, and as I never saw one
like it I conclude there is no patent.
To make an incubator to hold about
one hundred eggs, the egg-drawer
should bo about two fed by three feet.
To make the heater, take two boards
throe foot long, and two boards two
feet and ten inches long und seven
inches wide; nail these together so as
to make a box without bottom or
cover. Now cover the top with floor
ing and bottom with a shoot of sltU,
v, i I nailed on. Horn eight half-inch
holes in the top, ubout eight inches
from either side and same distance
apart, so thero will be two rows of
four holes each. Now make a hole In
one side, nbout midway, four inches In
diameter. Over this hole nail a piece
of tin with a hole two Inches across.
This is for the pipit running from the
lamp, and finishes the heater.
Now make tho egg drawer the same
size as the heater, but only four inchos
deep. This drawer has no cover and
the bottom is to bo made of strips one
Inch square and nailed crosswise on
'.he bottom one Inch apart. On thn b
sidu of this tuvck an old colTco sack
stretched tight.
Next lake two pieces half an inch
thick and 010 inch wide und two feet
and live inches long, und two pieces of
the same material 000 foot und ton
ii: ).. long. Nail these together so
that In laying it in the egg drawer the
frame will only bo half an Inch deep.
Over this frame stretch a piece
of good, new blenched muslin, very
tight. The eggs will lie in this mus
lin. Now bore holes in the sides of
igg drawer just above this frame
two inches apart and half an Inch In
diameter, and put pieces across the
drawer, to b y the eggs between. Hy
moving this canvas backward und
forward, the egg- can bo turned. This
finishes tho egj,'-d rawer.
Now make another box the same
size as the heater, eight Inches deep.
with a tight bottom. In this 'ootlom
boro ho'cs same as in th" top of the
neater for veatllatioek This box is to
be placed tinder tbe egg drawer and
Slled to within an Inch of tbe top with
awdust. Now placo tbo last box
t.enti- ned on pieces two Inchos wide
"inning croesways and extending
ovn inches on either side, being
careful not to cover any of theholos
In the bottom of tho sawdust box.
On this box place the egg drawer
mid on tho egg draworthe heator with
the zinc tldo down. J'laoo a
shaving between tho egg drawor
and tho heater to give
the egg drawer room to slide out and
In easily. Now take two boards ten
inches wide and nail to each side on
Ixith lhe sawdust 1hx and the hmiter,
and also a hoard on the back end.
Now we have the incubator but It
must be surrounded with eight inchos
of sawdust. To do this lay down two
beards on tho Ixittom cross pleoua;
Hit s,, boards should bo eight Inchon
SfldS ami three feet and eight inehea
long. Across the back end pi o n
another board In the san.e manner and
build sides uml cud up eight lOOOM
abOVO the top of heater, then till with
sawdust.
Now go to the tinshop and get eight
half-inch tubes, Hi luetics long and
eight 7 inches long; also an elbow, it
inches In diameter, one end S and
the other 1'.' inches long. 1'ut thv
short tubes in the lower sawdust box
and the long ones in the holes In Umi
op of the heater, so that tho lowor
end will come down to within an Inch
of the zinc bottom. Put the long end
of the elbow through the hole in thu
outside box, which mast lie directly
opposite the one in tho side of tho
heater ami covered with tin in tho
same manner.
In order to save heat you can build
n small lxx over the portion of tho
elbow outside tin1 Incubator and flit it
with dirt. Put dirt around the elhow
where It runs through the sawdust.
Place a lamp under the end of the el
bow and shove the ohlwnay as far up
as it will go.
Po not put the eggs In until you can
keep a uniform heat of KM) degrees W
101 degrees. Keep your thermometer
In the egg drawer and sprinkle your
eggs every day with tepid water.
Turn the eggs twice each day.
I have BOmStlmeS made a door to
cover front, but an old piece of car
pet hung OVOT the front will do. I
hatch about SO per cent, of my eggs.
ri'uffcr .1. RutUdfi, in Tulcdo lHuttt.
HATS IN THE COMMONS.
The Important rrt riier ruv in n
I.egUUtlve Life of KiirIuiiiI.
A strict etiquette governs the wear
ing of hats In the Commons. An
honorable member, who, ignorant or
forgetful of the forms of the Hoiufe.
attempted to walk to his scat when
covered, would bo met with loud criea
of "order," and although an absent
minded member sometimes does so ho
has never been known to repent It. Ilo
must only wear his hat when seated.
Directly ho rises he must doff it,
though be may only wish to simuk too,
membw behind him or to get a paier
from the tnble. If any bill (irresolu
tion for which ho Is responsible la
mentioned by tho Speaker n member
raises his hal and does not rise, and
the same is done when another mem
ber alludes to him In tho course of a
speech or answers a question which ho
has put. If ho Is not wearing his hat
at the time, he Immediately puts it on
and then raises It In acknowledgment.
This practice has given rise to sotno
funny contretemps, as when an honor
able member who was remarkable for
a very small head unconsciously picked
up the hat of the member next to him
in mistake for his own. This moniber
happened to be chiefly remarkable for
a very large head, and his hat wiim like
.in extinguisher when put on his fallow
member und had a very ludlcruua
effect.
Of course, a member never speaks In
his hat, except on one occasion, which
we shall notice presently. He gener
ally places it carefully on the seat ho
has just vacated. If he is going to mako
ii long s cb and bis throat rixpiirea
lubrication, his hat is tbo r ptaelo for
a glass of water, which is replenished
from timn to timo by an attentiso
friend. Members aro generally OaV
lei tod enough to remember, when thoy
sit down, to be careful to remove their
hats from the bench.
This Is not Invariably tho case, how
ever, for an honorable member a short
time ago acquired a universal noto
riety in the House as "tho member
who snt on his hat." He had just fin
ished a muldon ssa'-h of some length,
and in the excitement ol tho moment
entirely forgot that a shiny and well
brushed "tile" occupied his scat. Ha
sat down suddenly, rather more sud
denly, perhaps, than he had forodeen
for maiden speeches arn famous for
tincertalntiusund ho sat, unfortu
nately, on his hat. We are not a warn
tbat there was a glass of wuter In it.
but there might have been, und tha
examplo should bo borne in mind by
rising, or perhaps we should suy aiuk
ing, orators.
Wo have lot limited that thero Ih one
occasion on which a nn'mls-r eun. or
rather, according to tho rul must,
address thu House with his hat on.
This happOM when tho Ilo iso has
i 1 1 cb urod for a di Ision, and when
a member desires to raise a point of
order. To mark the fact that the de
bale has been closed and the ii terrup
tlon is purely incidental, the momber
must speak sitting, and with his hat
on.
In addition to the uses of hats in tba
House to which we have rofe.-red,
there is another and a very common
one. No member being allowed to
claim a a right the iwssession of any
teat (the tenure by which they are
held being priority of occupation) ex
cept in certain cuscs allowed as a mat
ter of courtesy, the practice has ariaen
of members leaving tbeir hats on tha
seats tbey desire to occupy during
sitting. n'adiinyto Star.